Any application for funds submitted by the City of Ventnor City to
any agency of the state or federal government, or any contract entered into
between the City of Ventnor City and any other agency of federal, state, or
local government relating to a dunes project.

The Board of Commissioners shall not approve any dunes project; appropriate
any funds for a dunes project; enter into any cooperative agreement; nor authorize
the acquisition of property or an interest in property whether by purchase,
eminent domain, or otherwise, for a dunes project other than by means of an
ordinance duly adopted by the Board of Commissioners, which ordinance shall,
by its terms, not be effective until it has been submitted to and approved
by the voters of the City of Ventnor City at an election duly scheduled for
that purpose.

It has been clearly demonstrated that well-established
and protected sand dunes, together with properly maintained beach and dune
areas, are an effective protection against high tides and flooding and against
property damage by the ocean under storm conditions and that they provide
desirable protection of the coastal areas adjacent thereto, and the State
of New Jersey, along with its political subdivisions and their inhabitants,
have an interest in the continued protection and preservation thereof and
in the restoration of them in the event of property damage or destruction.

The developed coastal area of New Jersey, including developed
barrier islands and adjacent shorefront areas, represent a unique and invaluable
social, economic, recreational and aesthetic resource. Given the present degree
of commercial and residential development in these areas, given the measurable
and intangible benefits that accrue to the residents of the State of New Jersey
and the public at large from the beach, boating, fishing and vacation facilities
that this diversely developed coastal area offers and given the present extensive
knowledge of the protective and restorative nature of beach nourishment, dune
creation, dune restoration and other selected coastal engineering programs,
it is hereby declared that it is appropriate, essential, feasible and in the
public interest to preserve, protect and enhance these coastal regions in
their developed state.

It is the purpose of this article to define the areas
so affected and to establish regulations to assure their continued effectiveness.
This article is declared to be an exercise of the police power in the interest
of safety and welfare and for the protection of persons and property.

Includes either natural or artificial land. Natural accretion is
the buildup of land, solely by action of the forces of nature, on a beach
by deposition of waterborne or airborne material. Artificial accretion is
a similar buildup of land by reason of an act of man, such as the accretion
formed by a breakwater or beach fill, deposited by mechanical means.

Gently sloping, unvegetated areas of sand or other unconsolidated
material that extend landward from the mean high-water line to where there
is a marked change in the material of physiographic form, i.e., dune or boardwalk.

A wind- or wave-deposited formation of vegetated or drifting windblown
sand, generally parallel to and landward between the inland limit to the beach
and the foot of the most inland dune slope, including primary, secondary and
tertiary dunes where they exist. Formations of sand immediately adjacent to
beaches that are stabilized by retaining structures, such as snow fences,
planted vegetation and other measures are considered to be natural dunes,
regardless of the degree of modification of the dune by wind or wave action
or disturbance by development. A dune shall not include loose windblown and
found in a street or on a part of a structure as a result of wind or storm
activity.

An area located seaward of the boardwalk delineating a beach zone
presently without dunes. The width of the DDD will extend an average of 50
feet from the boardwalk line toward the ocean. Placement of fences and plantings
of vegetation will be completed in an effort to trap windblown sand and develop
a dune. The DDD is considered to have dynamic boundaries which move in response
to seasonal winds and storms. Consequently, the boundaries of the DDD will
be reviewed every 12 months and following any storm which damages large portions
of the district. The boundary review process will be conducted by the City
Commission, Department of Public Works and representatives of the New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Coastal Resources.

Natural persons, partnerships, firms, associations, joint-stock companies,
syndicates and corporations and any receiver, trustee, conservator or other
officer appointed pursuant to law or by any court, state or federal. "Person"
also means the State of New Jersey, counties, municipalities, authorities,
other political subdivisions and all departments and agencies within the aforementioned
governmental entities.

Includes the term "snow fence" and shall mean a barricade established
in a line or pattern to accumulate sand and aid in the formation of a dune.
It shall include and normally be limited to the commercial variety of light,
wooden, picket fence held together by wire and secured by posts.

Within shorefront protection areas, no person shall undertake
or cause to be undertaken any activity, including the construction, relocation,
reconstruction, modification, expansion or demolition of any temporary, mobile
or permanent structure, except upon the approval of the governing body. The
following uses may be permitted:

Pavilions or similar small platforms less than 400 square
feet in area, provided that they do not have solid walls, are mounted on suitable
pilings, and provided further that it shall be established to the satisfaction
of the Construction Official that the proposed design and construction methods,
as applied to the particular site situation and time, will not:

Within the shorefront protection areas, unless otherwise
controlled elsewhere in this section, no person shall undertake or cause to
be undertaken a regulated activity hereinafter defined until he has applied
for and received a permit issued by the Construction Official.

Any person, firm, corporation or public agency that shall
be convicted of a violation of a provision of this article shall, upon conviction
thereof by any court authorized by law to hear and determine the matter, be
subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding
90 days, or both, as such court in its discretion may impose. Each day that
such violation exists shall constitute a separate offense. In addition to
or as a substitute for the previously mentioned fine, the imposition of community
service shall be authorized as an additional penalty, which community service
shall not exceed 90 days.

In addition to the above penalties, the Ventnor City
Beach Patrol, Construction Official, Police Department or other duly authorized
officers or employees are hereby empowered to pursue such legal and equitable
relief as may be necessary to abate any violation or enforce any condition
of this article.